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Table 1

Lexical and grammatical constructions in Trinidad English Creole (Mühleisen, n.d.)

Standard English structure	Trinidadian Creole structure	Literal Trinidadian Creole translation
He’s going to his parents [4]	He going by he parents	He going by he parents
Where do you live? [19]	Which part yu livin?	Which part you living?
The cups [24]	Di cups an dem	The cups and them
He has already eaten [43]	He done eat already	He done eat already
She ate the food [51]	She eat the food	She eat the food

Standard English structure	Trinidadian Creole structure	Literal Trinidadian Creole translation
He’s going to his parents [4]	He going by he parents	He going by he parents
Where do you live? [19]	Which part yu livin?	Which part you living?
The cups [24]	Di cups an dem	The cups and them
He has already eaten [43]	He done eat already	He done eat already
She ate the food [51]	She eat the food	She eat the food